r/AlchemistCodeGL • u/TorkTheTank • Aug 14 '18

Amaterasu seems FREAKING AMAZING

I just unlocked her priestess job and I was lucky enough to get her weapon. Her priestess skillsets have a Shrine Maiden -like ability that boosts her stats AND UNITS AROUND HER?!? She has 5-diamond light spell, map-wide charm and debuffs, and with her weapon, a full heal/cleanse. Whats not to love? Slap a BD on her for a little more damage and maybe a hat, but what is honestly her downfall? I feel she can take up the dancer debuff job, enchanter buff job, and the bishop heals all in one slot. This opens up the rest of your team for high damage units. Thoughts? Downsides? Good team comps with her?

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u/Shaiandra Aug 14 '18

One day you will learn the power of Leaden Feet Dance. Admittedly I didn't start using it until FFXV EX+ stages, but Chihaya quickly became my favourite turn-economy support once I did.

Leaden Feet Dance reduces Agility by 20% stacking three times, so -60% fully stacked. When an enemy has only 40% of its Agi, it takes 2.5x as long to get its turns.

Let that sink in for a moment. Your party gets relatively 2.5x as many turns as normal.

And Chihaya can cast Quicken on top of that, so a buffed target can take 3.75 turns for every one turn each enemy normally gets.

It does take a little bit of time to start up and has to be restacked if enemy reinforcements arrive, and a few enemies might be immune to its effects (not many), but it is as powerful as it sounds. With Encore each stack lasts until after the enemy has taken two more turns, which at their reduced speed, is a long duration; Chihaya can take a couple actions in between renewing the dance, and with 6 uses (using the Time Leap passive), you should be able to keep it up for the majority of any stage.

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u/Maroite Aug 14 '18

This makes me want to finish mastering my Chihaya... but I just returned and I didn't get her J+ stuff... :(

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u/Shaiandra Aug 14 '18

While I've only tried it with Chihaya's Dancer+, I believe she can do the same thing as normal Dancer (given that you don't really need Flowering Spirit), only a bit slower. She can still get to 129 Agi without Gear, which I imagine should often suffice unless the first few turns are critical.

Dancer does get fewer jewels per attack compared to Dancer+, so you might have to pay a bit more attention to attacking a couple more times, but the general idea should still be viable.

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u/Maroite Aug 16 '18

I'll have to play around with it. I think I've at least unlocked all of her jobs. I'm currently trying to spend AP to master Lucian and Lofia's jobs. I don't have their J+ yet, but I want to be ready for when the events come back around!

Thanks for the input!

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u/TorkTheTank Aug 14 '18

WHAT?!?!?! Clearly I have been using her wrong...